Packaging and display box



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watt? FRED L. DAGGETT, OF MARION, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKAGING AND DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed June 17, 1921. Serial No. 478,402.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FRED L. DAGGETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Marion, county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in a Packaging and Display Box, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is

' a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to packaging anddisplaying articles and particularly but not exclusively to a box for holding confections for shipment and for displaying them for vending.

My invention will be best understood from the following specification when read in light of the accompanying drawings of a specific embodiment of my invention selected for illustrative purposes, while the scope of my invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a section of the submitted embodiment of my invention;

nel-shaped member comprising the flanges end portions 4 and webs 5, said member being of any suitable material, for example, constructed.

of a cardboard strip havin down-turned to provide the anges, the latter resting on the bottom of the'box and being of such height as to support the web in s aced relation to the upper side walls of the box.-

The channelhaped members are adapted to support" a layer of confections or other articles in proximity to the top of the box and although these articles may be placed directly u on the webs 5 I preferably provide for t is purpose-one or more trays 6.

These trays I may construct of cardboard or other suitable material and may provide them with an easel support, shown by the edges of the drawings in the form of a strip of cards board or other flexible material, a portion 7 of which is glued or otherwise secured to the bottom of the tray in order that the strip may be bent to cause the portion 8 thereof to form the leg of the easel support. Normally the leg 8 will lie against the bottom of the tray.

In practice, the trays may be first packed with the confections a, each of which may be provided with the ornamental jacket 9 and the trays and box then placed on the weighing scales and the bulk of the contents to be shipped then placed in layers on the bottom of the box'until a predetermined, measured quantity of confections is packed. Over each layer is placed a cardboard or a like sheet 10. On the uppermost sheet 10 I place a filler 11 of paper or the like and then insert the channel-shaped members and on the latter place the trays. When the lid (not shown) of the box is placed in osition, the contents of the trays are firmly 181d. in positionand the trays nel-shaped members and filler 11 hold the confections in the bottom of the box in position to prevent displacement of the latter during shipment. It will be understood together with the chem so that if desired but one tray and channel- 35 shaped member may be employed and a filler similar to the filler 11 substituted for the omitted tray.

In vending the contents of the box, the

box is placed on a counter or in a show-case w with the tray atv the front of the box in elevated position as shown by Fig. 1. .The rearward tray, if it is used, may then be re moved andits contents vended after which the rearward channel-shaped membermay be removed together with the filler and cardboard strips 10 to permit removal of the bulk of the contents at the bottom of the box. It will be noted that the articles in the tray 5 present for display purposes a 109 sample of the contents of'the box and obscure from view the more or less disordered contents of the rema nder of the box. I

If desired I may provideone' of the edges of the tray at the front of the box with a 10 fastening means for holdin a display card 12. In the submitted embo iment of my in= vention, for this purpose I have shown a clip formed of wire bent to prov de the over= lapping arcual portions 13 and14 and the I"? olnts 15 and Y16. In an obvious manner the points 15 and may be forced over the edge of the tray to cause said edge to be I embodiment of my invention for purposes of illustration it is to-be understood that I am not limited thereby to its particular details, materials, arrangement and number of parts but that w'de deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Claims.

1. The combination with a box for packaging and displaying art cles of a channelshaped member having flanges adapted to rest on the bottom of the box adjacent the sides thereof and having a web supported by said flanges in spaced relation to the top and bottom of the box, and said channelshaped member being of length less than the corresponding dimension of said box where-- by art1cles may be removed from the bottom of less of the vbox without disturbing the articles supported on said web.

2. The combination with a box of a tray length than said box. located at one end of said box, a member su porting said tray having down-turned end portions at the sides of said box and resting on the bottom of said box, and an easel support for said tray adapted to rest on said member.

3. The combination with a box for packaging and displaying articles, of a pair of channel shaped members having flanges adapted to rest on the bottom of-said box adjacent the sides thereof and having webs supported by said flanges in spaced relation to the top and bottom of said box, one of said channel shaped members being removable from said box, said channel shaped members be ng of length less than the corresponding dimension of said box, and trays supported on said webs.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED L. DAGGETT. 

